Art & Design

Our Art & Design curriculum projects encourage our pupils to be curious, creative individuals who think deeply, make connections and value both individuality and collaboration. The knowledge-rich curriculum fosters a love of learning of artists, and associated movements, from a range of periods, backgrounds and societal groups, enabling our pupils to better understand and value the diversity of our creative world. The practical elements of Art & Design allow our pupils to learn new skills, take risks and apply these resourcefully and courageously to express their own thoughts and ideas, through exploring, designing and creating. By learning about how and why artists work in the way they  do, our pupils also gain a greater understanding of the power of individual difference and fostering the confidence to be themselves, develop a positive sense of self and well-being,  and make choices that will positively influence the wider community through the world of Art.

Design Technology

At Lady Boswell’s, the DT Curriculum provides a unique opportunity to contribute to the school’s vision and achieve our ‘seven gifts’. Our DT curriculum will inspire pupils the opportunity to become inquisitive about the world around them and to be aware of the environmental factors of product design. Through design technology, our pupils will learn to take risks and become resourceful, resilient and innovative. Evaluation is an integral part of the design process and allows children to adapt and improve their product; a key skill which they will require throughout their life.

The Design Technology curriculum will allow children to exercise their creativity through designing and making. Children acquire a broad range of knowledge and skills, to design, make and evaluate their own and existing products. The impact of inventors, designers, engineers, chefs and manufacturers who have developed ground breaking products, will be studied to understand the significance of design on our daily lives and the world around us. At Lady Boswell’s we want our children to leave us equipped with skills that will enable them to become creative and collaborative innovators, leaders and global citizens of the future.